§ 6-24-109. Burial Memorial – Changes – Notice of Ownership – Repeal

1. No person other than the owner of a burial memorial or a person authorized by the owner of the burial memorial shall make a change to the inscription on the burial memorial.
2. If a burial memorial is to be placed at a grave space, niche, or crypt that is purchased on or after July 1, 2004, the cemetery authority shall give written notice to the purchaser of the grave space, niche, or crypt of who shall be the owner of the burial memorial and, as owner, who shall be entitled to make or authorize a change to the inscription on the burial memorial.
3. 1. Any person violating the provisions of subsection (1) of this section commits the crime of defacing property as defined in section 18-4-509 (1)(b).
   2. This subsection (3) is repealed, effective March 1, 2022.

Source: L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 17-1244), ch. 239, p. 981, § 1, effective August 9. L. 2021: (3) repealed, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3135, §§ 63, 65, effective March 1, 2022.

Editor’s note:

1. This section is similar to former § 12-12-113.5 as it existed prior to 2017.
2. Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.